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An already special day for Jeremy and Sauhry Turner of Ocala, Florida, became even more remarkable last week when the couple welcomed a new baby into the world — the third time in four years they’ve welcomed a daughter on Sept. 3, ABC News reported. Birthday parties might be easier to organize. …

An octogenarian was arrested on September 7 but was able to be released on bail, after being prosecuted for a homicide dating back to November 1967 in the town of Florence, Colorado, in the United States, People magazine explains. Until now, the investigation into the death of the child, subsequently …

Mexico confirmed this Wednesday its desire to decriminalize abortion nationally, two years after a first decision by the Supreme Court, going against the grain of its neighbor, the United States. On September 7, 2021, the Mexican Supreme Court had already ruled that the criminalization of abortion was unconstitutional. In doing …

Prisoners from six penitentiaries in Ecuador are holding 57 guards and police officers hostage in retaliation for operations by the state’s armed forces in the prisons, the organization in charge of the latter (SNAI) said on Thursday. In the middle of a day of violence caused by the explosion of …

A truck carrying five million bees was involved in a road accident in Canada, not far from Toronto, in the east of the country, local media reported, citing police. In addition to the police, beekeepers were called in as reinforcements, report our colleagues from Radio-Canada, because the millions of insects …

The Canadian government issued a warning on Tuesday to members of the LGBT+ community wishing to travel to the United States about the risks they could encounter in certain states. Ottawa recommends in particular to “check local laws” by referring to “laws and policies that could affect” members of this …

Pope Francis deplored the “deeply reactionary attitude” of some Catholics in the United States during an exchange with a group of Jesuits published Monday by the magazine Civilta Cattolica. “In the United States, the situation is not easy: there is a deeply reactionary attitude,” said the 86-year-old Argentine pope during …

Schools in several US states have been forced to close in recent days due to a high number of coronavirus cases but also because of other viruses, such as the flu. All classes scheduled to take place Tuesday and Wednesday at schools in the Lee County, Ky., district have been …

Colombia is issuing a passport with the “X” option in the gender box from Thursday, for people who identify as non-binary, the South American country’s foreign ministry said. “The Ministry of Foreign Affairs recognizes gender diversity with the option of recording ‘non-binary’ gender in the passport. This will be identified …

Iran, Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates will be joining Brics from 1 January next year, South African president Cyril Ramaphosa has said. The debate over expanding the group – made up of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – has topped the agenda at …